Nursing (LPN-RN Students)

Additional costs for ASN nursing students include Semester nursing fees, uniforms, health examination. TB skin test (or if applicable, a chest X ray), immunizations, CPR certification, drug-screening, criminal background check, liability insurance, University graduation fee, RN licensure application costs, and NCLEX-RN registration. Students are responsible for providing their own transportation to meet all course-related requirements. A detailed list of costs is available from the ESON office or at www.upike.edu/SON. 

Progression in the ASN nursing program is dependent upon completion of required activities by publicized deadline dates, adherence to nursing program policies as stated in the Nursing Student Handbook (available upon admission or by request) and course syllabi, meeting minimal functional abilities and standardized testing scores, completion of required remediation, “C” or higher grade in pre- and corequisite courses, “C” or higher grade in the didactic portion of nursing courses, and final “Satisfactory” rating in the clinical portion of nursing courses.

The University of Pikeville and clinical affiliating agencies may require a criminal background check and drug screen. These agencies have the right to deny a student’s clinical placement based on findings of the criminal background check or drug screen. Should this situation occur, the Elliott School of Nursing does not guarantee the student’s placement in the nursing program or at an alternate site and the student may need to withdraw from the program.

An applicant for RN licensure must submit findings from a criminal background check and fingerprint card to the Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN). KBN has the power to delay or deny a nursing graduate the right to take the NCLEX-RN if the applicant for licensure has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor which bears directly on the qualifications of the applicant to practice nursing.

ASN nursing courses are open only to students admitted into the nursing program. Exceptions may apply for non-clinical courses.